The Weekend Report
David Benyamine dominates the cash games while Jeff Gray goes deep in everything
By Philip Tuck
"Quite where he fits in more regular activities, like eating, sleeping, going out or just sitting down and relaxing is unclear. "
The Tournaments.
These are the top three finishers from the Sunday majors:
PartyPoker $300k guaranteed.
1st - mattidm
2nd – robotbrain
3rd – pokerotto888
PokerStars “Sunday Million” $1,000,000 guaranteed.
6382 entrants.
tHe_R3aLde4L - $158,656.52
Bolikk - $107,855.80
Jlost88 - $72,116.60
PokerStars “Sunday Warm up” $500k guaranteed.
2596 entrants.
Ellgringo - $80,476
RaiNKhAN - $58,410
ChimRicholds - $41,795
PokerStars “Second Chance” $200k guaranteed.
1221 entrants.
lollasen - $43,956
miamihans - $31,746
gboro780 - $24,420
FullTilt $750k guaranteed
3,455 entrants.
IzabelG - $132,787
Nairb09 - $80,250
judybac21 - $52,500
UltimateBet $200k guaranteed.
861 entrants.
GOGATORS86 - $45,000
nobadbeatsplz - $27,000
AJKHoosier1 - $18,500
A special mention needs to go out to Jeff “Jeffbeesdat” Gray, who managed to final table both the PokerStars million, as well as the PokerStars Second chance, and make a deep run in the FullTilt $750k. This super low volume player continues his stunning Sunday form.
The Cash Games.
The cash game story of the week has to be about David Benyamine. We all know that David seems ever present in the big cash games online - he has clocked up wins of over $3 million so far this year - but he now also proved his live tournament prowess, taking down WSOP event #37, the $10,000 buy in World Championship Omaha hi-lo. This earned him over $535,000, as well as his first WSOP bracelet.
David came into his own once the game got short handed (with the number of hands he has played online in the short format this is hardly surprising), and eliminated the last three players with ruthless ease. Not content with winning his first bracelet and over half a million dollars, David has also been playing in the $200/$400 PLO online games all weekend, and has made over $250,000 since Friday.
Quite where he fits in more regular activities, like eating, sleeping, going out or just sitting down and relaxing is unclear. One thing is for certain though, if ever someone was trying to design a poker playing machine, David Benyamine would not be far off the ideal design.
23/06/08
David in action